Tile-making machinery



Sept. s, 1925, 1,552,478

A. B. FQSEEN TILE MAKING MACHINERY Filed Aug. 23. 1924 Arthur B. Fosseen Chrome Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNITED STAT ART-HUBB- E SSE N, 0 OKAN WASHINGTON.

ILE-M KIN G MACHINERY.

Application filed Aug;ust, 23, 1924. Serial No. 733,689.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, A THUR B. FossnEN, a. citizen of the United States, residing at. Spokane, in Spokane County and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tile-Making Machinery, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to. improvement in tile making machinery and 1s especially applicable for use in the manufacture of tile shingles from plastic material, which shingles conform generally to the size and shape of the well known type of wooden roofing shingles.

The machine in which the invention is embodied is adapted for the production of duplex tiles or a pair of tile shingles which are cut to form and shape; nail holes having countersunk portions for the head are punched in the tiles; and the tiles are grained, all of these operations being performed, preferably by manual or pedal actuated mechanisms.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangements and combinations of parts as will be here-.

inafter more fully set forth and claimed,

wherein a chunk of plastic material, as cla is retained and pressed to shape, then the core of the clay is cut into duplex tiles by the single stroke of a cutter moving and being guided through the core on a line to. form the wedge shaped tile. Other novel combinations and arrangements of parts involve the oppositely acting punches for providing countersunk nail holes and an ejecting table for the cut and punched tile, as will be pointed out. a

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the-physical embodiment of my invention wherein the parts are combined and arranged according to. the best mode I have thus far devised for the practical application of the principles of my invention] Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View ofthe supporting frame and its top showing the machine and its, operating parts in side elevation, dotted lines being used to; indicate different positions of operating parts.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional View at line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the ing'fioor for convenience of the operator or operators. The tile press is supported on this. fixed top and comprises afixedbottom half or base 3 with side walls 4 and closed ends to form a hollow space therein for the reception of the chunk of clay or other pl ast-ic'material which is to be formed into the duplex tiles A and B.

The top plate 5 of the press has a pair of depending side flanges 6. complementary to the fixed walls of the base of the press, and at one end this. top plate is fashioned with-a head 7' that is hinged at 8 to the base of the press, in order that the top half of the press may swing. on this hinge as a center, as indicated by the dotted line in Figure 1, to open the press. The hinged top, is counterbalanced on its hinge by the utilization of. an adjustable weight 9 slidable on the arm 10 of the hinged top, and at the end of the press opposite, to thehinge a spring latch 11 is pivoted on the hinged top to'co-act' with a hook 12 on the base for securing the hinged top in place.

/ The top edges 13 of the side walls of the. fixed base and the complementary bottom edges 14 of the flanges 6 of the hinged lid or top of the press extend along parallel inclined lines forming an inclined, l ong itudinally extending groove from end to end of the press, which is; designed to guide a. cutting-wire 15. which extends transversely of the press and is adapted to be ;\reciprocated longitudinally in the slot-between these guide edges. 7

"The ends of the cutting wireare sup ported outside the press by a pair of com; plementary, forked, arms 16 aridl? arranged to swing in vertical planes at the sides of" the press and carrying in their forked ends anti-friction or guide rollers 18 at their upper extremities. These rollers are designed tooll a ong the under fac s of the lateral flanges 1,9, which extend along the top edges of the. hinged lid when, the lid islockedin x d p s ti n as in. Figure. 1,. and of cours the contact faces of the flanges are parallel W th the guide slots at. the sides of. the press.

The supporting arms for the cutter are carried by and telescope within a pair of tubular heads and a spring 21 is interposed between the lower ends of the and the bottoms of these hollow or tubular heads which spring urges thearms upx'vardly to cause their rollers to engage the faces of the flanges 19. As the rollers ride upwardly the springs project the arms and the rollers are held in frictional contact with v. frame 1,'and a cross brace 24 which is adjustable byturning the turn-buckle 25 con-- nects these two shanks. In addition across arm 26, isfconnected with the two hollow heads 20, and these four members oioi ments are thus joined as a rigid structure with the shanks adapted to swing on the alined studs 23 as'centers, whereby the cutting wire is caused to reciprocate through theguideslots and through the chunkof vclay or vplastic material.

A rocker arm 27 is fixed to the cross arm 26 has alongitudinally extending link 28 pivoted thereto and guided in a bracket 29 onl'the main frame,1and 'acutting, lever 30 -is pivotally connected to this link and pivoted atli to a fixed bracket 0n the frame 1. 'llhus. by manlpulatingthe lever 30 as ind].- cated in dottel lines in F1 pure 1, the'cuttlng wire may be manually operated to cut the cl ay chunk into two duplexv tiles, inricated in Figure 3.

After the chunk of clay has been severed into duplex tiles while retained within the closed p'ress, the tiles are separately punched with countersunk nail holes which pass through the tiles near their thinner ends, as indicated in Figure 3.

The upper tile is punched nianually by the pair of spaced punches 32 that pass through openings in the hinged lid and reciprocate in sockets 33 in the under face of thelid, said punches being shaped to form a hole through the tile and also countersink the upper edge of the hole. The handle 34:

01'. the hinged lid is utilized as the handle for the manually operated punches and the bandle'is attached to the complementary ends 35 ofthe punches above the hinged lid with springs 36 coiled about these ends or shanks and interposed between the handle and the lid. Normally thesprings hold the punches and handle elevated.

Pressure of the hand on the handle 34- Will cause the punches to enter the plastic material of the upper tile to punch the countersunk holes and when pressure is released the springs elevate the punches and handle to normal position as in Figure 2. The lower one of the duplex tiles is prefholds the punch in normal'inoper tive posi- 7 tion, vand the weighted end of the link is pivoted to the punches 37. A depressible pedal 43 is pivoted to the link 4:0 and moves through a guide bracket i l fixed to the main frame of the machine, and it will be apparent that by depressing this pedal the punches will be forced upwardly through the lower tile to perforate it,'the weight 42 restoring the punches to inoperative posi tionwhen power ls released from the pedal.

During:' these described operations the chunk of clay or. plastic materialize supported on the ejecting); table 39. within. the press, said table being, of rectangular shape, located between the side walls of the lower half or ba ev of the press, and resting nor mall on the frame to) 2 1 within the press.

An actuating bar l5 is centrally secured at the lower side of the'ejecting table andpasses through a. guide collar or bearing sleeve 46 in the, frame top 2, the bar de pending a suitable distance below the frame top as shown. An angularly sha'ped'pedal lever 47- is pivoted ees in the main frame and provided. with a slotted pivotal connectionfatf4l9 to the upright bar .4l5 of the ejecting table 89. It willlbe apparent that by bearing down upon the'pedal l-Tthe table may ,be elevated to lift oreject the duplex I tiles. I

In operating the machine, with the hinged lid of the press. turned upwardly and backwardly on its hinge 8, a chunk of plastic clay or other material is placed upon the ejecting table within the hollow base of the, press The plastic material constitutes a chunk of the proper size and shape for formation within the. press of the duplex tiles and when the hinged lid is closed down and securedb'y the latch 11 the chunk is compressed and ready for cutting and punching. The cutting and punching operations are performed as heretofore described, after which the lid is released and turned back and the ejecting or elevating table is raised to bring the duplex tiles to position in order that they may be removed from the press. After removal the top faceso-f the tiles may be combed, with a suitabletool to provide a grain on the surface of the tile, which when the tile is used as a roof shingle, is not only ornamental, but the grain is useful in thatit causes the water or moisture from the elements to run freely down the roof of the building on which the shingles are used.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a tile making machine, the combination with a press having lateral guide slots in its walls, of a cutter extending transversely through the press and adapted to reciprocate in said slots, an extensible supporting arm for each end of said cutter and alined pivots for said arms, and means for swinging said arms to reciprocate the cutter in its slots.

2. In a tile making machine the combination with a receptacle having lateral guide slots, of a transversely extending cutter adapted to reciprocate in said slots, extensible supporting arms for said cutter, alined pivots for said arms, and lever actuating mechanism connected to said arms for swinging them to reciprocate the cutter.

8. In a tile making machine the combination with a receptacle having lateral guide slots, of a transversely extending cutter adapted to reciprocate in said slots, pivoted, extensible supporting arms for said cutter and means for swinging said arms, spaced tracks on said receptacle, and rollers carried by said arms for co-action with said tracks.

l. The combination with a receptacle having lateral guide slots, of a transversely extending cutter reciprocab-le in said slots, pivoted supporting arms for said cutter having anti-friction rollers at their upper ends, complementary tracks on said receptacle for said rollers, rigidly connected and pivoted supporting heads for said arms, springs interposed between said heads and arms, and means for swinging said heads and arms.

5. In a tile making machine the combination with a receptacle having complementary, lateral, inclined slots, of a transversely extending cutter IGCIPTOOELIb lG in said slots, extensible supporting arms, for said cutter and guiding means for said extensible arms, and means for swinging said arms to reciprocate the cutter.

6. In atile making machine the combination with an ejecting table and operating means therefor, of cutting means comprising slotted walls at the sides of said table, a cutter reciprocable in said slotted walls above the table, extensible pivoted supporting arms for said cutter, and means for swinging said arms.

7. In a tile making machine the combination with a receptacle having upper guide faces on its side walls, of a hinged lid having complementary guide faces on its side walls to form a pair of spaced slots, a transversely arranged cutter reciprocable in said slots, and means for reciprocating the cutter.

8. In a tile making machine the combination with a fixed base having side walls with complementary inclined faces, of a hinged lid having side flanges with complementary inclined faces whereby the four faces form two complementary slots, a transversely arranged cutter adapted to reciprocate in said slots, and means for actuating the cutter.

9. In a tile making machine the combination with a base having side walls with inclined faces and a hinged lid having side flanges with inclined faces forming complementary slots, of a transversely arranged cutter adapted to reciprocate in said slots, pivoted extensible supporting arms connected with said cutter, and means for actuating said arms.

10. In a tile making machine the combi nation with a base having side walls with inclined faces and a hinged lid having complementary inclined faces forming complementary guide slots, of a transversely arranged cutter adapted to reciprocate in said slots, a pair of spaced rigidly connected pivoted heads and means for oscillating said heads, a pair of supporting arms for the cutter telescoping within said heads and springs interposed between said heads and arms, guide flanges 0n said lid, and rollers carried by said sup-porting arms for engagement with said flanges.

11. In a duplex-tile machine the combination with means for cutting a chunk of plastic material into complementary tiles, of means for punching the respective tiles to form nail holes.

12. In a duplex-tile machine the combination with means for cutting a rectangular chunk of plastic material into wedge shape tiles, of means for punching the respective tiles to form nail holes.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ARTHUR B. FOSSEEN. 

